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Researcher Tamara Kneese speaks with environmental justice researcher Sanjana Paul & critical social scientist Jasmine McNealy about the environmental toll AI development is taking on local water supplies, energy systems, & communities around the world.
This event will take place online & in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor
Artificial intelligence technologies run on powerful computers that require vast amounts of energy, water, & critical minerals. As AI use grows, so does its environmental footprint. Yet there is little consensus on how to assess & address the technology's toll on the climate before irreparable damage is done. How can we understand the impact AI data centers have on communities & the environment? How can we ensure that communities are able to use empirical data about those impacts to fight back?
To join the event in person | Doors will open 30 minutes before the program begins. For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time, & seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form 30 minutes before the program.
To join the event online | Whether you're attending in person or online, you must register with your email address. You will need a device with audio and/or video & an internet/cellular connection to view the livestream.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Tamara Kneese is the director of Data & Society's Climate, Technology, & Justice program. Previously, she led Data & Society's Algorithmic Impacts Lab (AIMLab). Tamara's research juxtaposes histories of computing & automation with ethnographies of platform labor. Her first book, Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life & Beyond, was published by Yale University Press in 2023.
Jasmine McNealy is an attorney, critical public interest technologist, & social scientist who studies emerging media & technology with a view toward influencing law & policy. An internationally recognized scholar, her research is interdisciplinary, centered at the intersection of media, technology, policy, & law. Of particular focus are the areas of privacy, surveillance, & data governance & emphasizing technological & the impacts on marginalized & vulnerable communities. She is a professor at the University of Florida where she directs the Infrastructure for Communities, Ecology for Data Hub (ICED Hub), which annually hosts the Rural x AI + Policy Workshop. She is also Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
Sanjana Paul is an engineer, environmental justice researcher, & systems thinker working at the intersection of infrastructure, climate, & technology. She is a PhD student at MIT, where her research focuses on renewable energy, energy justice, & the electric grid. She is the co-founder of Rooted Futures Lab, a research & action collective advancing environmental justice in technology, & Earth Hacks, a nonprofit harnessing hackathons as a form of climate action. Her work has ranged from atmospheric science software engineering at NASA to passing decarbonization policy at the local level. She holds a BS in electrical engineering & physics, & a Master's in City Planning from MIT.
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